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Friedrich August Wolf · 1808 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1808. Hardback. A first edition copy of this lecture by Friedrich August Wolf, read to the Berlin Academy of Sciences, to celebrate the King's birth. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original boards. Ink inscription to the f...

Chapters from Family Chests

Edward Walford · 1887 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this two volume historical work by editor and historian Edward Walford. The two volume first edition of this work by the prolific biographer Edward Walford, a British magazine editor who special...

Le Marechal de la Force (1558-1652)

Duc de la Force · 1924 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Paris, Emile Paul Freres, 1924. Leather. The first volume of this detailed history of the Marechal de la Force, with a letter from the Duc, in the original French language. French language. Volume one of two. Signed by the author to A Lady Cheylesmore. Illustrated with portrai...

Le Livre Rouge Ou Notice Historique Sur le Proces Fait Par le Deux Chambres Du Parlement D&Apos;Angleterre

None · 1816 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Paris, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes, 1816. Leather. A scarce historical record of the trial of the U.K. Houses of Parliament, in the French language. French language. Scarce work. A historical account of the trial of both Houses of the U.K. Parliament. With detailed accoun...

Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography

P. H. Sawyer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Sawyer's famous annotated bibliography of Anglo-Saxon charters. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stamp to the front paste dow...

Y Greal Am Y Flwyddyn 1856-7; Y Gwerinwr, Neu Athraw Misol

J. Williams; R. Ellis · 1855 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Llangollen; Liverpool, Agraffwyd yn Argraffdy y Bedyddwyr; Agraffedig Gan J. LLoyd, 1855-1857 . Leather. Three very scarce mid nineteenth century Welsh language works bound together. In the original Welsh.A fascinating volume including two years of the magazine of the Calvinis...

Histoire de la Garde Nationale de Paris

Ch. Comte · 1827 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, a. Sautelet et Cie, 1827. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this history of the National Guard of Paris. A first Edition. In the original French. This volume contains a detailed history of the National Guard of Paris, from its foundation until 1827. Publ...

Le Nu de Rabelais D&Apos;Apres Jules Garnier

Armand Silvestre · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, E. Bernard & Cie, 1892. First edition. Leather. A first, rebound edition of this work Le Nu de Rabelais D'Apres Jules Garnier by Armand Silvestre. A first edition copy. Le Nu de Rabelais D'Apres Jules Garnier or the Nude of Rabelais is by Armand Silvestre wit...

Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense, or, London Diocesan Clergy Succession from the Earliest Time to the Year 1898.

George Hennessy · 1898 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)

London , Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this extensive history on the clergy of the London Diocesan. A first edition copy. A rich history of the London Diocesan Clergy Succession From the Earliest Time to the Year 1898, with notes ...

XVIII Siecle Institutions Usages Et Costumes France 1700-1778

Paul Lacroix · 1878 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1878. Leather. The third edition of this illustrated study of French 18th century institutions, customs, and costumes, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with twenty-one chromolithographs, many of which are in...

Recits de la Veillee Musee Historique Et Moral

Alfred Vanauld · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Paris, Amedee Bedelet, c1850. Cloth. An illustrated collection of historical and moral tales, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. A collection of historical and moral tales, including: La Couron...

History As a Condition of Social Progress

Samuel Lucas · 1853 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , John Murray , 1853. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of History as a Condition of Social Progress. A first edition copy. This volume contains a lecture delivered at the Philosophical institution in Bristol on April 11th 1853 by Samuel Lucas. The...

Revue Chronologique de L&Apos;Histoire de France Depuis la Premiãƒâ¨Re Convocation Des Notables Jusqu&Apos;Au Dãƒâ©Part Des Troupes ãƒâ‰Trangãƒâ¨Res 1787-1818.

[Guillaume Montgaillard] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Paris, Firmin Didot PeÃÂOe€re et Fils, 1823. Leather. Guillaume-Honoré Roques offers a chronological account of events in France between 1787 and 1818. The second edition Guillaume-Honoré Roques' historical survey of France. Published in French. The French write...

France Heroique Vies Et Recits Dramatiques

M. Bathild Bouniol · 1874 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Bray et Retaux, 1874. Leather. A scarce complete four volume set of Bouniol's collection of dramatic tales, in the French language. French language. Four volumes. Scarce work. Fourth edition. A collection of dramatic tales and biographical sketches of important ind...

The Doom of Damocles/El Cataclismo de Damocles, Xtapa Conference, Mexico

Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Marina Castaneda [trans.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Bogota, Editorial La Oveja Negra, 1986. First edition. Paperback. The scarce bilingual edition of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez's speech on nuclear disarmament, in English and Spanish. The first edition of this bilingual work in the publisher's original pictorial paper ...

An Anthology of Number

Anonymous · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers,...

Les Conflit Des Ames Religions Et Patries

Philippe d'Estailleur-Chanteraine · 1927 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Paris, De La Republique des Lettres, 1927. Leather. A French history of religion and conflict, in the second edition. A second edition copy. In the original French. Rebound in quarter leather with the original paper wraps bound inside.This volume details the conflicts of rel...

Antonio Peres Et Philippe II

M. Mignet · 1845 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845. First edition. Leather. A first of this French volume of articles on Antonio Peres and Philippe II of Spain. A first edition copy. In the original French. This volume contains extracts from the Journal des Savants on Antonio Peres and Philippe...

Histoire de la Litterature Francaise

J Demogeot · 1881 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1881. Hardback. Eighteenth edition of J Demogeot's history of French literature. A history of French literature by man of letters Jacques Claude Demogeot in the original French. The eighteenth edition. Originally published in 1851. From...

Historical Description of the Monastery or Chapel Royal of Holyroodhouse

1818 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edinburgh, John Petrie, 1818. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this uncommon historical study on the monastery or Chapel Royal of Holyroodhouse. The first edition of this uncommon work in the original pictorial boards. Ink inscription to the front paste down, d...